Apparatus for and method of applying surfacing material to a fabric web



May 7, 1935. N. P. HARSHBERGER APPARATUS FOR QND METHOD OF APPLYING SURFACING MATERIAL TO A FABRIC WEB Filed Nov. 3, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEKY.

May 7, 1935.

APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF 5 SheetsSheet 3 INVENTORM aroma s May 1935..- N. P. HARSHBERGER 2,000,077

APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF APPLYING SURFACING' MATERIAL TO A FABRIC WEB Filed Nov. 3, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVEN TOR.

ATTORNEYS.

May 7, 1935. N. P. HARSHBERGER APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF APPLYING SURFA CING MATERIAL-TO A FABRIC WEB Filed NOV. 5, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 'z za INVENTOR. /.Wm4%u ATTORNEYS.

sheet of fabric, such as felt,

' weather=proof sheet, the latter being adapted for Patented May 7, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,000,077 APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF APPLY- ING SURFACING WEB MATERIAL l'0 A FABRIC Application November 3, 1930, Serial No. 493,033 23 Claims. (Cl. 91-18) This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for and method of applying surfacing material to a fabric web.

In the manufacture of composition roofing, a is saturated with bituminous material, such as asphalt, and is then coated with a like substance and with a layer of crushed slate or other mineral to produce a use in either roll or strip form, and also being adapted for cutting into individual elements each of a desired shape. Heretofore, considerable difficulty has been encountered in properly and efllciently applying the asphalt and crushed mineral to the felt base. This has been particularly true where it is desired to utilize crushed mineral of different colors to create contrasting effects or designs upon the roofing.

I. is, therefore, one of the objects of this invention to provide an improved apparatus and method for cutting and surfacing a fabric in a minimum period of time, and in an eflicient and effective manner.

. A further object of this invention is to provide an apparatus and method of the class described which is adapted to deposit crushed surfacing material of different colors on a receiving means, with the various colors" arranged in a predetermined manner to create a desired efiect or design. A more specific object of this invention is to provide an apparatus embodying a discharge hopper having mineral material arranged therein in strata of different colors, the said hopper being adapted to discharge said strata on a traveling web or intermediate receiving means, the arrangement of the strata in the hopper determining the effect which will be produced on "the finished roofing material. 1

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved apparatus for applying surfacing material to a fabric web, in which a rotatable intermediate receiving means for the crushed mineral may be utilized, said means being adapted to transfer the mineral from the hopper to the traveling web, and to deposit the mineral on said web in the same color arrangement as deposited by the hopper.

With the above main and other incidental objects in view, the invention consists of the improved apparatus for and method of applying surfacing material to a fabric web and all parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawings in which the same reference numerals designate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the preferred form of the apparatus, parts being broken away. and

parts being shown in section;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional detail view showing a portion of the traveling web and a portion of the tractor belt, thedepressions in said belt being somewhat exaggerated to more clearly bring out the features of the invention;

Fig. 3 is a side elevational 'view of a modified form of apparatus;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional "view of the discharge hopper used in the apparatus of both Fig. 1, and Fig. 3, parts being broken away, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 5 is a side view thereof taken on line of Fig. 9;

Figs. 6 and '7 are fragmentary detail views on an enlarged scale showing different positions of the valve operating mechanism for the feed pipes;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on line 8-4 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 9 is an outside view looking in the same direction as in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a vertical sectional view of amodified form of mineral depositing apparatus;

Fig. 11 is a plan view of a portion of the web which has been surfaced in accordance with the improved method and by the improved apparatus;

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary side view of a modified form of belt;

Fig. '13 is a vertical sectional view of another modified form of apparatus taken on line l3-l3 of Fig. 14, parts being broken away;

Fig. la is a plan view thereof, parts being broken awayand parts being shown in section;

Fig. 15 is a vertical sectional view of another modified form of apparatus taken on line I5-I5 of Fig-16, parts being broken away;

Fig. 16 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 1'7 is a sectional view taken on line |ll| of Fig. 15; and

Fig. 18 is a sectional view taken on line l8--l8 of Fig. 15.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral designates a supporting frame having upstanding side portions 26 and 21, and the numeral 28 designates supporting brackets which are spaced from the frame. A shaft 29 is journaled in bearings mineral discharging hoppers 40 and to the other side a hopper 4| for discharging liquid asphalt or other bituminous material. A shaft 42, journaled adjacent the discharge openings of the hoppers 40 carries rigidly mounted grooved rollers 43. The function of said rollers and the remaining details of construction of the hoppers 48 will be hereinafter described in detail.

The shaft 42 is driven through the medium of an endless chain or belt 44 which is in connection with the shaft 29. 'The shaft 42 in turn imparts.

motion to a grooved roller 46, mounted in the discharge portion of the asphalt hopper 4|, through an endless chain or belt 46.

Brackets 41, in suitable connection with the frame, are arranged to support a roll 48 of the saturated felt or other fabric which forms a base for the roofing material. The felt is arranged to be guided from said roll beneath the discharge opening of the hopper 4|, between rotatably mounted squeeze rolls 49 which gauge the thickness of the coating, around a rotatably mounted heated roller 50, back over the tractor belt, beneath a roller 5| and over a roller 52. A pan 53 is suitably mounted between the rollers 60 and 5| to catch surplus asphalt which may fall off the edges of the felt.

From the roller 52, the felt is arranged to pass in S-formation around cooling drums 54 and 55, beneath a roller 56 and between rollers 57 and 58, the latter roller being provided with knives 59 for severing the web at desired intervals. The drums 54 and which contain some type of cooling fluid, are mounted on shafts 60 and 6| which are suitably Journaled in the upstanding frame portion' 26, and the shaft 6| may be driven through a sprocket wheel engaged by an endless chain 62, the latter being connected to a suitable source of power. The rollers 51 and 58 are mounted on shafts 63 and 64 which are 'journaled in the upstanding frame portion 21. The cutting roller 58 is driven by an endless chain 65 which passes around a sprocket wheel on the shaft 64.

In order to press and support the surfacing on the outer surface of the web as the latter passes around the drum 54, an endless belt 66 which rotates around rollers 61 and 68, is arranged to engage said surface of the web. Said belt 66 is maintained firmly against the web by a weighted belt tightener 69.

Mounted beneath the tractor belt is a spraying device 10 driven by a suitable motor II for spraying a parting substance such as liquid calcirnine, glycerine, or liquid mica on the platens 34 to prevent the asphalt from adhering to said platens. A drier I2, mounted adjacent to the spray, and driven through a suitable connection with the latter, is adapted to blow cool air upon the platens for cooling purposes and for partially drying the parting liquid. A rotatably mounted brush l3, which may also be driven through a suitable conmotion with the motor H of the spray, is positioned to engage the projections 35 of the platens to clean the latter.

In Fig. 3 a modified form of apparatus is illustrated in which the hopper 40 discharges directly upon the traveling web. In this form, the fabric 48 is unwound from a roll, passed through a tank 74 containing a liquid saturant, between heated drying rolls 15, beneath a hopper 4| which deposits a coating of bituminous material on the upper surface of the web, beneath the crushed mineral hopper 40, and around cooling drums 54' and 55.

The hoppers 40 which are utilized in the apparatus shown in both Figs. 1 and 3, and which form an important part of the invention, are illustrated in detail in Figs. 4 to 9 inclusive. Referring more particularly'to said figures, the numerals I6, H,

18' and 19 designate a plurality oftubular membars which have their lower ends connected to openings in a cylindrical open-ended casing 89.

Each of said tubular members is fed from a suitable source with crushed mineral surfacing material of a different color. In the drawings two hoppers are shown mounted adjacent one another, but any desired number may be utilized. Journaled in the cylindrical casings is a shaft 8| having a pulley 82 on one end which is connected by an endless belt 83 with suitable driving mechanism.

Rigidly mounted in the cylindrical casing of each hopper, on the shaft 8|, in a hub 84 carrying spaced apart disk 85, and a plurality of radially extending partitions 86 between the disks to form a plurality of compartments. A tubular discharge portion 81, which communicates with an opening 88 in the lower portion of the casing 80, extends downwardly therefrom. A fan 89, driven by a motor 90, is positioned in the upper portion of the tubular member 81 to distribute the falling mineral material evenly therein.

Each of the feed pipes 16 and 19 is provided with a valve member 9| which is mounted on a rotatably mounted pin 92. One end of each pin has a weighted lever 93 secured thereto which is adapted to normally hold the valve 9| in closed position. Levers 94, 95, 96 and 97 are secured to the other end of each pin and said levers vary progressively in length and in the distance which they project laterally, the longest lever and the one projecting laterally the greatest distance 94 being in connection with the pipe 16 and the shortest and closest to the casing 91 being in connection with the pipe I9. Tripping pins 98, 99, I00 and IN project from an outer disk 85, there being one pin for each compartment between the disks. Said pins vary progressively in length and in'distance from the hub, the pin 98 being the longest and closest to the hub, and the pin IM being the shortest and farthest from the"hub. In view of the fact that there are eight compartments between each pair of disks and only four feed pipes, opposite compartments are provided with like tripping pins.

In operation of the automatic hoppers, the pipes 16, 11, 18 and '19 may be supplied with mineral material of different colors, as for example green, black, red'and yellow respectively. The valves at the lower ends of said pipes are normally held in closed position by the weighted levers 93. As the segmental drum, formed by the disks 85 and partitions 86, revolves, the tripping pin adjacent each compartment will operate to open the valve of only one particular feed pipe to admit crushed mineral of one particular color to said compartment. In Fig. 6, the tripping pin I08 is shown feed pipe 18. As the drum revolves further, the

pin I will pass the end of the lever 98 and the weighted lever 93 will return the valve to closed position, shutting off the supply of mineral to the particular compartment as shown in Fig. '7. Due to variance in lengths and positions of the levers 94 to 91 and tripping pins 98 to IOI, each pin will operate only the lever of a particular feed pipe. Thus, as the compartments reach the upper portion of their circle of travel during rotation of the segmental drum, each compartment will receive a different colored mineral from the adjacent compartment, and as the compartments reach the lower portion of their circle of travel the various colors of mineral will be discharged through the opening 88 into the tubular discharge portion 81 in differently colored strata. The strata will then be discharged by the grooved roller 43 either onto the web as shown in Fig. 4 or onto an intermediate receiving means as in Fig. 1, with the crushed mineral arranged on the receiving means in a relation corresponding to the arrangement of the strata in the hopper (see Fig. 11 for the surfaced web).

In Fig. 10, a modification of the invention is illustrated in which the crushed mineral is deposited upon a different form of belt I02 from that shown in Fig. 1. Said belt I02 is provided with transverse corrugations I03 thereon and is arranged to receive a measured supply of crushed mineral between said corrugations from a hopper I04 and to discharge said mineral onto a traveling web I05 below in the arrangement as received from the hopper. The hopper I04 is also of modifled construction, embodying vertical compartments I00 each containing crushedminerai of a different color. Grooved rollers I01, which relieve the belt I02 from the weight of all of the mineral,.may also be utilized. The belt I02 may also be constructed as shown at I02 in Fig. 12 with transverse ribs I03.

In Figs. 13 and 14a modified form of crushed mineral distributing device is illustrated which may be substituted for the hopper 40 of the principal form. In this construction a hopper I08, having a plurality of compartments I 09 and H0 is utilized, the said hopper being slidably mounted on a platform III over an opening II2 therein. The compartments I09 are fed with crushed mineral of differentcolors by fiexible tubes H3, and the compartments IIO are fed with mineral of other colors by flexible tubes II4. Brushes II5 may be provided adjacent the lower edges of the hopper to maintain the platform free from grit. The hopper is arranged to be reciprocated by a connecting rod I IS in connection with a driven wheel II'I. Grooved rollers II8 may also be utilized adjacent the platform opening I I2 to control the flow of mineral material therethrough, said rollers being driven by endless chains I I9.

In operation, when the wheel II! is rotated, the connecting rod IIB reciprocates the hopper I08 back and forth so that mineral material from the compartments I09 is first discharged through the opening II2 on a traveling web below, and then mineral material from the compartments IIO. By this arrangement almost any combination of colored mineral surfacing may be deposited on the coated web.

In Figs. 15 to 18 inclusive another modified form of crushed mineral distributing device is illustrated wherein the segmental drum is positioned horizontally instead of vertically as in the principal form. In this construction, a plurality of feed pipes I20 are arranged to discharge crushed mineral of different colors into openings in the upper portion of a cylindrical casing I2I. The said casing has a lower discharge openings I22 from which a tubular discharge member. I23 depends. A suitably driven grooved roller I24 is mounted adjacent the lower end of said discharge member, the said roller being adapted to deliver the crushed mineral to a receiving means below, which in the drawings is a coated web I25.

A shaft I25 journaled vertically through the casing I2I and driven through an endless chain connection I21 with a motor I20 has a segmental open-ended drum I29 mounted rigidly thereon. The said drum contains a plurality of compartments I30 which are arranged to receive crushed mineral from the feed pipes I20 and to discharge said material through the lower casing opening I22. In operation, mineral material of a different color is supplied to each feed pipe, and as the drum revolves, automatic valve mechanism (not shown) in connection with the feed pipes I20 will function to distribute crushed mineral of a different color to each compartment I30 of the segmental drum. The said valve mechanism may be of the general type shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 'I and will operate in an identical manner so that each compartment is supplied by only one feed pipe.

The improved method of applying surfacing material to a fabric web consists broadly in depositing crushed mineral material of different colors' either directly onto a coated web of roofing material or onto an intermediate receiving means which in turn deposits the mineral on the web, the arrangement of the various colors on the web being in conformity to the arrangement of the crushed mineral material in the discharge hopper. Where an intermediate receiving means is utilized. the method in addition consists in utilizing a receiving means having depressions or the like therein to deliver a measured supply of differently colored grit in a predetermined arrangement to the web.

In utilizing the apparatus disclosed in Fig. 1 the saturated felt is fed beneath the hopper M which coats said felt with asphalt or the like. The coated felt is then directed over the tractor belt. The latter belt receives a supply of crushed slate or'other mineral from the hopper 40 and said slate is deposited between the upstanding portions of the tractor belt and also in the depressions 35 on top of the portions 35. The operation of the hopper which functions to discharge strata of differently colored slate has been hereinbefore described in detail. As the upper portion of the tractor belt travels beneath the coated web the asphalt on said web, which is in a plastic condition, will act to pick up the crushed slate from the tractor belt and said slate will therefore be deposited on the web in a definite color arrangement according to the arrangement of the strata in,the hopper 40. The web is then fed around the cooling drums 54 and 55 and in passing around the drum 54 the belt 56 will serve to more firmly embed the slate in the asphalt. It will be noted that the upstanding portions 35 of the tractor belt have formed dedepressed lines of demarcation upon the web. From the drum 55 the web passes beneath the cutting roller 58 which severs it into strips of a desired length. The lower portion of the tractor belt passes the brush 13 which serves to clean-off the portions 35 thereof. The belt also passes above the spray a parting substance onto the belt which serves to prevent the adhesion of surfacing material there- 'I0 and the latter sprays colors.

charged directly upon the web. A completed web which has been operated on in the manner I disclosed in Fig. 3 and above described will have the appearance shown in Fig. 11 wherein the lines on the drawings indicate sections of different In carrying out either of the. methods above described any of the various devices shown in Figs. 4, 13 and 15 for discharging crushed slate in a predetermined arrangement of colors may be utilized, as well as other variations of said de vices.

From the 'above description it may readily be seen that a very novel apparatus and methodhas been provided for efficiently applying crushed mineral in a predetermined color arrangement upon a roofing web.

What I claim is:

1. The method of applying crushed mineral surfacing in the manufacture of building material, comprisingdepositing measured amounts of crushed mineral in a hopper in a predetermined arrangement of superimposed strata of different colors, applying bituminous coating to a travelling fabric web, causing the strata of mineral to be discharged in order by said hopper onto a travelling endless receiving means, applying a parting substance to said receiving means prior to the application of mineral thereon, and causing the transfer of said strata of mineral in the same order, :from said receiving means onto the coatedsurface of the web while said surface is a still in aplastic state.

2. Apparatus for applying surfacing in the manufacture of composition building material,

. comprising a'hopper for holding surfacing material, an endless travelling intermediate receiving means having an upper surface formed with 'recesses for receiving said surfacing material from the hopper and for transferring it ,to a web said recesses being shaped to so apply the surfacing material to the web as to form definite shingle effects thereon.

3. Apparatus for applying surfacing inv the manufacture of composition building material, comprising a hopper for holding surfacing material, ari endless travelling intermediate receiving means having an upper surface formed with recesses for receiving said surfacing material from the hopper and for transferring it to a web, said recesses being shaped to so apply the surfacing material to the web as to form definite shingle eifectsthereon, and means for applying a parting substance to said intermediate receiving means before it receives a supply of surfacing from the hopper.

4. Apparatus for applying surfacing in the manufacture of composition building material comprising a hopper, a plurality of mechanical feeding devices each constructed to provide for the supply of a definite quantity of crushed mineral of a particular color, means for controlling said feeding devices to provide for the alternate mineral of a particular color, automatic valve mechanism for controlling said feeding devices to provide for the alternate discharge of differently colored mineral to form superimposed strata in said hopper, and a travelling receiving 'means positioned below said hopper for receiving said strata of mineral in the same order in which they are arranged in the hopper.

6. Apparatus for applying surfacing in the manufacture of composition building material comprising a hopper, a segmental feeding drum rotatably mounted adjacent said hopper, a plurality of feeding devices adiacent said segmental drum each providing for the supply of crushed mineral of a particular color, a valve in connection with each feeding device, means in connection with the drum for automatically controlling said valves to provide for the discharge of each feeding device into a particular segment of said drum, and a travelling receiving means below said hopper for receiving strata of crushed mineral in the same order in which said mineral is deposited in the .hopper by the segmental drum.

7. Apparatus for applying granular surfacing material to a travelling web-of composition building material to obtain designs thereon comprising a movable receiving means having a surface formed with a plurality of shallow depressions of the desired design, and means disposed above the receiving means for discharging granular surfacing material thereon and into the depressions thereof, the formed surface of said receiv-. ing means being soar-ranged with respect to the travelling web of building material as to transfer the surfacing material outwardly therefrom to the web.

8. Apparatus for applying surfacing to a travelling web of composition building material comprising a movable receiving means having a surface formed with a plurality of shallow depressions thereon shaped to so apply the surfacing material to-the travelling web as to form different shingle effects thereon, and means for discharging surfacing material onto said receiving means and into the depressions thereof, said receiving means. being so arranged with respect to the travelling web of building material as to transfer the surfacing material outwardly therefrom to the web.

9. The method of applying granulated surfacing particles in the manufacture of roofing'material, comprising depositing measured amounts oi granulated termined arrangement of superimposed strata of different effects. applying an adhesive coating to a traveling fibrous web, discharging said strata of particles in order from said hopper upon a traveling endless receiving means, applying a parting substance to saidreceiving means prior to the application of particles thereon and causing the transfer of said strata of particles in the same order from said receiving means to the adhesive surface of the web.

10. The method of applying surfacing material particles in a hopper in a prede- 'facing material from the in the manufacture of roofing material, comprising feeding measured amounts of surfacing material in a hopper in a predetermined arrangement of superimposed strata of different colors, applying a bonding medium to a traveling fibrous web, discharging said strata in order from said hopper upon a traveling endless receiving means, treating said receiving means prior to the application of surfacing material thereon to prevent adhesion thereof, and causing the transfer of said strata of surfacing material in the same order from said receiving means to the face of the web presenting said bonding medium.

11. The method of applying crushed mineral surfacing in the manufacture of building material, comprising depositing measured amounts of crushed mineral in a hopper in a predetermined arrangement of superimposed strata of different colors, applying a bituminous coating to a traveling fabric web, causing the strata of mineral to be discharged in order by said hopper upon a traveling endless receiving means, applying a parting substance to said receiving means prior to the application of mineral thereon, causing the transfer of said strata of mineral in the same order, from said receiving means onto the coated surface of the web while said surface is still in a plastic state, and pressing said mineral surfacing into said bituminous coating.

12. The methodof applying crushed mineral surfacing in the manufacture of building material, comprising depositing measured amounts of crushed mineral in a hopper in a predetermined arrangement of superimposed strata of different colors, applying a bituminous coating to a traveling fabric web, causing the strata of mineral to be discharged in order by said hopper onto a traveling endless receiving means, applying a parting substance to said receiving means prior to the application of mineral thereon, causing the transfer of said strata of mineral in the same order, from said receiving means onto the coated surface of the web while said surface in still in a plastic state, pressing said mineral surfacing into said bituminous coating and cutting into shingle sizes.

13. Apparatus for applying surfacing material in the manufacture of composition building material comprising a hopper for holding surfacing material, an endless traveling intermediate receiving means for receiving said surfacing from the hopper and for transferring it to a web, means for applying a parting substance to said receiving means and means to dry said parting substance before said receiving means receives a supply of surfacing from the hopper.

14. Apparatus for applying surfacing in th manufacture of composition building material, comprising a hopper for holding surfacing material, an endless traveling intermediate receiving means having its receiving surface formed with wide and narrow recesses for receiving said surhopper, and for transferring it to a web, said recesses being shaped to so apply the surfacing material to the web as to form definite shingle effects thereon separated by lines of demarcation.

15. Apparatus forapplying surfacing in the manufacture of composition building material, comprising a hopper for holding surfacing material, an endless traveling intermediate receiving means having its receiving surface formed with alternating shallow recesses of different effect for receiving said surfacing material from the hopper and for transferring it to a web, said reparting substance to cesses being shaped to so apply the surfacing material to the web as to form definite alternate contrasting shingle effects thereon.

16. Apparatus for applying surfacing particles in the manufacture of composition building material comprising a hopper arranged to continuously supply surfacing particles controlled feeding devices for supplying streams of particles of different color effect, automatic timing mech anism controlling the discharge into the hopper from the supply stream of alternate strata of particles of different color effect, and traveling receiving means adjacent the discharge side of the hopper for receiving said strata of particles from and in the same order in which they are received in the hopper.

17. Apparatus for applying surfacing to a traveling web of composition building material to form contrasting effects thereon comprising supply means arranged to continuously deliver granular surfacing material, a movable receiving means disposed below the supply means having its receiving surface shallow depressions for receiving the granular surfacing material and said movable receiving means arranged adjacent the traveling web of building material so as to cause transfer of the surfacing thereto to form the contrastingeffects thereon.

18. The method of applying surfacing material in multiple stripes of short sections to a web of roofing and siding material, comprising advancing the web, positioning transverse the web supplied of differently colored surfacing material, measuring off in a predetermined color arrangement from said supplies definite charges of the desired colors each to form a sectional stripe upon the web, forming the charges into a mass having successive layers and maintaining the, identity of the charges, feeding said'mass in a continuous stream of the successive layers in the order arranged in the mass to the web while advancing, and forming from said layers longitudinal bands of definite width and sections of different color eflEect thereon.

19. The method of applying surfacing material in the manufacture of roofing and siding, comprising depositing measured amounts of the surfacing material in a reservoir in a predetermined arrangement of superimposed strata of different effects, applying to a travelling fibrous web a layer of material for anchoring the surfacing material, discharging said strata of surfacing material in order from said reservoir upon a travelling endless receiving means, applying a said receiving means prior to the application of the surfacing material thereon and causing the transfer of said strata of surfacing material in the same order from said receiving means to the anchoring layer.

20. Apparatus for applying surfacing material in the manufacture of composition building inaterial comprising a hopper for holding surfacing material, an endless travelling intermediate receiving means for receiving said surfacing from the hopper and for transferring it to a web, means for applying a parting substance containing a liquid to said receiving means and means to at least partially drive off the liquid before said receiving means receives a supply of surfacing material from the hopper.

21. Apparatus for applying surfacing in the formed with contrasting.

manufacture of composition building material' comprising stationary means for receiving surfacing, a plurality of mechanical feeding devices 5 ing to form superimposed strata of feet, means for controlling said feeding devices to provide for the alternate w e of surfacdiflerent eifect in said stationary receiving means, and a travelling receiving means positioned below said stationary receiving means for receiving said strata of surfacing in the same 10 order in which said strata is received by said stationary receiving means.

22. The method of applying surfacing material in longitudinal stripes of individual sections to a moving web of roofing and siding material,

15 comprising advancing the web, applying as bonding layer to the moving-web, depositing from a supply, and continuously feeding toward the web shallow layers of surfacing material of different widths to form sections of the web surfacing,

20 inverting the web, moving the inverted web and layers of surfacing materiel together, and caussurfacing of ins union of the layers of surfacing material with the face of the inverted web presenting said bonding medium in the same order as received from the supply.

23.- The method of applying surfacing material in longitudinal stripes of individual sections to a, moving web of roofing and siding material, comprising advancing ing medium to the moving web, inverting the web, providing e supply of surfacing material, feeding charges of the surfacing material in a series oi layers adjacent and below the inverted web end supply to form longitudinal stripes of individual sections upon the web, advancing the inverted web and layers of surfacing together, and causing transfer of. the successive layers of surfacing material in the same order as arranged in the series, to the face-of the inverted web presenting said bonding medium.

' NORMAN P. HARBEERGER.

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